Died #OnThisDay 1902 William Spencer Thomas Wentworth Fitzwilliam. First entered Parliament as an MP in the reign of William IV. Survived to see first Parliament of Edward VII’s reign, in the Lords as Earl Fitzwilliam. For more on the Fitzwilliams, see https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/mp-of-the-month-the-fitzwilliams-of-wentworth-woodhouse/